
Samantha Ruth Prabhu is an Indian actress and model who has appeared predominantly in Telugu and Tamil films. She made her acting debut in 2010 with Gautham Menon's Telugu romance film Ye Maaya Chesave.[lower-alpha 1] The film fetched her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – South and a Nandi Award.[1][2][3] In 2012, Samantha featured in live action Telugu-Tamil bilingual project Eega. The film received positive reviews and was one of the highest-grossing Telugu films of the year, earning ₹1.15 billion globally. Her performance as a micro artist who runs a NGO and takes revenge for the murder of her lover earned her Filmfare Award for Best Telugu Actress. In the same year, she appeared in trilingual romantic drama Neethaane En Ponvasantham (2012). The film earned her praise from critics, and Samantha won her first Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actress. Year 2012, became her most prolific award-winning year and she secured further recognition for Best Actress at the Vijay Awards, Santosham Film Awards and the CineMAA Awards.
Between 2013-2015 Samantha has primarily opted to appear in the leading female roles in hero-centric Tamil as well as Telugu films, such as action comedy Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu (2013), action drama Attarintiki Daredi (2013), fantasy-drama Manam (2014), and action comedy Rabhasa (2014); and the Tamil-language action-drama Anjaan (2014), social action Kaththi (2014), and action-drama 10 Endrathukulla (2014). This film, along with Theri, 24 (both 2016) and Mersal (2017) earned her nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actress. Her work in the Telugu film A Aa (2016) won her a fourth Filmfare Award.[4][5]
Film
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Web series
| Year | Title | Role(s) | Language | Network | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | The Family Man | Rajalakshmi "Raji" Sekharan | Hindi | Amazon Prime Video | Season 2 | [59] |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Language | Network | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Bigg Boss S4 | Host | Telugu | Star Maa | Dusshera special episode | [60] |
| 2020–2021 | Sam Jam | Aha | Web talk-show | [61] | ||
| 2021 | Evaru Meelo Koteeswarulu | Guest | Gemini TV | Navaratri Special Celebrity Guest | [62] |
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Samantha appeared in a cameo role in Ye Maaya Chesave's simultaneously-filmed Tamil version Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Samantha played two characters.
- ↑ Samantha played a single character with two or more names.
References
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- ↑ Menon, Gautham (2010). Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya [Will You Cross the Skies for Me?] (motion picture) (in Tamil). Escape Artists Motion Pictures. End credits, from 2:34:29 to 2:34:37.
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- ↑ Bhaskaran, Gautaman (10 August 2010). "Review: Baana Kaathadi". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
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- ↑ Menon, Gautham (2012). Ekk Deewana Tha [There Was A Crazy Lover] (motion picture) (in Hindi). Fox Star Studios. End credits, from 2:11:18 to 2:11:50.
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- ↑ Saraswathi, S. (5 February 2016). "Review: Bangalore Naatkal disappoints". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 27 June 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- ↑ Subramanian, Anupama (15 April 2016). "Movie review Theri: Story revealed in the beginning of the film". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
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- ↑ Pillai, Sreedhar (11 May 2018). "Irumbu Thirai movie review: Not Vishal or Samantha, Arjun's taut performance is the highlight of this patchy thriller". Firstpost. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
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- ↑ ChennaiOctober 15, Janani K.; October 15, 2021UPDATED; Ist, 2021 15:21. "Samantha signs her first film after a break, to be directed by Shantharuban". India Today. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
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- ↑ ChennaiOctober 16, Janani K.; October 16, 2021UPDATED; Ist, 2021 09:45. "Samantha signs yet another bilingual film after split with Naga Chaitanya. Read details". India Today. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
{{cite web}}:|first2=has generic name (help);|first3=has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Samantha to star in Sridevi Movies' latest film". Deccan Herald. 16 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
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